SBC 1998, c. 9 Effective date: December 31, 1998 Last revised: June 2010 (See Highlights of amendments for a summary of changes to the Legal Profession Act.) Contents   1  Definitions 1.1 Application PART 1 – ORGANIZATION Division 1 – Law Society   2  Incorporation   3  Public interest paramount   4  Benchers   5  Appointed benchers   6  Meetings   7  Elections   8  Officers and employees Division 2 – Committees   9  Law Society committees 10  Executive committee Division 3 – Rules and Resolutions 11  Law Society rules 12  Rules requiring membership approval 13  Implementing resolutions of general meeting PART 2 – MEMBERSHIP AND AUTHORITY TO PRACTISE LAW Division 1 – Practice of Law 14  Members 15  Authority to practise law 16  Interprovincial practice 17  Practitioners of foreign law 18  Non-resident partners Division 2 – Admission and Reinstatement 19  Applications for enrollment, call and admission, or reinstatement 20  Articled students 21  Admission, reinstatement and requalification 22  Credentials hearings

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Division 3 – Fees and Assessments
23  Annual fees and practising certificate
24  Fees and assessments
25  Failure to pay fee or penalty

PART 3 – PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC

26  Complaints from the public
26.1 Written notification to chief judge
27  Practice standards
28  Education
29  Specialization and restricted practice
30  Professional liability insurance
31  Special compensation fund
32  Financial responsibility
33  Trust accounts
34  Unclaimed trust money
35  Restriction on suspended and disbarred lawyers

PART 4 – DISCIPLINE

36  Discipline rules
37  Search and seizure
38  Discipline hearings
39  Suspension
40  Medical examination

PART 5 – HEARINGS AND APPEALS

41  Panels
42  Failure to attend
43  Right to counsel
44  Witnesses
45  Order for compliance
45.1  Society request for evidence
46  Costs
47  Review on the record
48  Appeal

PART 6 – CUSTODIANSHIPS

49  Definitions
50  Appointment of custodian
50.1  If society appointed as custodian
51  Powers of custodian
52  Society access to property
53  Property in the custody of a custodian
54  Applications to the court
55  Custodianship rules
56  Liability and costs

PART 7 – LAW FOUNDATION

57  Definitions
58  Law Foundation of British Columbia
59  Board of governors
60  Bylaws
61  Application of fund
62  Interest on trust accounts
63  Security and investment of trust funds

PART 8 – LAWYERS' FEES

64  Definitions and interpretation
65  Agreement for legal services
66  Contingent fee agreement
67  Restrictions on contingent fee agreements
68  Examination of an agreement
69  Lawyer's bill
70  Review of a lawyer's bill
71  Matters to be considered by the registrar on a review
72  Costs of a review of a lawyer's bill
73  Remedies that may be ordered by the registrar
74  Refund of fee overpayment
75  Appeal
76  Registrar's certificate
77  Order to deliver bill or property
78  Change of lawyer
79  Lawyer's right to costs out of property recovered

PART 9 – INCORPORATION AND LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS

80  Definitions
81  Authorized and prohibited activities of law corporations
82  Law corporation permit
83  Law corporation rules
83.1  Limited liability partnerships
84  Responsibility of lawyers

PART 10 – GENERAL

85  Enforcement
86  Protection against actions
87  Certain matters privileged
88  Non-disclosure of privileged and confidential information
89  Confidential documents
90  Service
91  Law society insurance
92  Legal archives

PART 11 – TRANSITIONAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISIONS

93  Transitional rules
94  Repeal
95 – 106  Consequential Amendments
107 – 108  Amendments to this Act
109  Commencement

TABLE OF CONCORDANCE

Legal Profession Act RSBC 1996  >  Legal Profession Act SBC 1998
Legal Profession Act SBC 1998  >  Legal Profession Act RSBC 1996